The Palestinian Ambassador in Nigeria, Abu Shawesh has said about 630,000 students are deprived of their right to education due to the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine.
The Ambassador stated this while briefing journalist on Thursday in Abuja.
According to him, “the Israeli war left 25,000 students dead, mimed or wounded and led to the destruction of 90% of government school buildings
Shawesh also highlight numbers of causalities which he said includes women and children.
“As of yesterday, September 11, the death toll had risen to 41,000, with 95,000 wounded and 10,000 still missing under the rubble and streets.
” Additionally, 10,400 Palestinians have been arrested and kidnapped since the beginning of the Israeli war, all of whom are subjected to the most severe forms of ill-treatment, torture, and medical neglect.September 9 is the International Day to Protect Education from Attack and it is also the first day of the 2024-2025 school year in Palestine.
“On the 342nd day of the ongoing American-Israeli carnage against the Palestinian people, statistics reveal the tragic reality of one of the darkest stages in modern history.
“Countries that proclaim themselves as the greatest defenders of human rights, countries that have been annoying us day and night with lectures about human rights violations and international law, are now blatantly disregarding international law and trampling on human rights principles in a brazen manner
“America and Israel are essentially practicing the law of the jungle in broad daylight.
” Remember that: Devoured the day the white bull was eaten.
“342 days on, various Israeli army forces, under the direct command of political and military leaders, with full support and open complicity of the USA, continue to mass murder, wound, maim, starve, wanton destruction, displace, and dispossess Palestinian civilians in a vengeful and lethal campaign of televised genocide.
“By December, Palestinians in Gaza made up 80 per cent of the people in the world experiencing famine or catastrophic hunger.
” Never in post-war history had a population been made to go hungry so quickly and so completely as was the case for the 2.3 million Palestinians living in Gaza.”
“According to OCHA, between 1 and 31 August 2024, an average of only 69 humanitarian trucks entered the Gaza Strip per day. This is well below the pre-crisis average of 500 trucks per working day.”
“The death toll among the children and infants due to starvation and dehydration is 37.
*In this connections, citing AMNESTY International, Israel expand the buffer zone along the perimeter with Gaza by confiscating approximately 58 km² amount to 16% of Gaza strip. 20km² or 59% of agriculture land within the area shows a decline in health and density of crops due to the ongoing war.
“Last Friday, American weapons in the hands of Israelis killed American activist Aysinur Ezgi Eci in the occupied West Bank while she was expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people.
“The question here is, why did the US administration say nothing meaningful about her death and just mumble some empty words, repeating the same lip service it mentioned about the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, the American Palestinian Christian?
